Armed Woman in her 60’s shoots 24 year old home invader in self defense

As reported, a woman in her 60’s used her gun to stop a late night home invader who broke in and sexually assaulted her.

Police say that at about 1:30am, a woman heard a knock at door of her Kansas City, MO home. The woman answered the door, only to have a 24 year old male force his way inside her home and sexually assault her, according to news reports. After being sexually assaulted, the woman was able to grab her self defense gun and fatally shoot the attacker, according to police.

Those opposed to self defense will certainly note that the woman was unable to stop the attacker before she was sexually assaulted. To that I would note a couple of things:

Firstly, from the news reports it does not appear that the woman went to the door with her gun, which would make it hard for the 60+ year old woman to overpower a much younger male attacker at her door. She did, however, manage to get her gun later and defend herself, despite those initial disadvantages during the home invasion.

Finally, note that this woman is not the first to successfully defend herself despite facing a surprise attack and an initial disadvantage. As another example, this armed man managed to get his gun and defend himself after a violent revenge-seeking attacker decided to settle a dispute after 20 years. Similarly, this elderly man managed to grab a self defense gun, despite being shocked with a stun gun and beaten by a 24 year old man. This man managed to draw his concealed carry handgun and shoot an armed robber in self defense, despite the fact that that robber was standing behind him and pointing a shotgun at his back. This jewelry store owner managed to grab his gun from under a desk, despite the fact that two robbers were in his store, one of whom had a gun pointed at him.

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